Arrow

Museum number:
2-6575
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2768 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bird arrow. Three curved and serrated antler heads lashed to wooden shaft with sinew, feathers on proximal end; shaft painted red. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material) (antler), Feather (material), Paint (coating) (red), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Bird arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
shaft— diameter 1 centimeters, arrow head— width 0.6 centimeters, shaft— length 61 centimeters, arrow head— height 0.7 centimeters, arrow head— length 17.5 centimeters, and whole arrow— length 79 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC52-28; ACC 52-29
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6575, described as Bird arrow. Three curved and serrated antler heads lashed to wooden shaft with sinew, feathers on proximal end; shaft painted red. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6575, described as Bird arrow. Three curved and serrated antler heads lashed to wooden shaft with sinew, feathers on proximal end; shaft painted red. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6575, described as Bird arrow. Three curved and serrated antler heads lashed to wooden shaft with sinew, feathers on proximal end; shaft painted red. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.

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